Cannot remove Nouveau SOLVED!!!

kaddy · 2012-02-02 08:58:52

hi all

i've never had a problem adding/removing nouveau/nvidia modules in the past.... but since kernel 3+
I have not been able to. I see that nouvea built into the current kernel by default... and after a decent size update today my arch system started
probing nouveau module (even though i didn't have it installed) and nvidia was no longer working.... Setting "blacklist nouveau" in /etc/modprobe.d/nouveau_blacklist.conf no longer works for me... I have even removed "nouveau" from /etc/mkinitcpio.conf which seemed to appear out of nowhere and no good

To add to my problems.... I can no longer remove the nouveau module manually with "rmmod nouveau" or "modprobe -r nouveau" it complains that the nouveau module is still in use.......... and if i force it with the "f" flag (which use to work) It messes the screen up and freezes......... even when booting into single user mode and repeating all the steps gives me the same problem

So I guess my question is........ has anybody else run into the problem after kernel3+ with removing the nouveau modules in the kernel or blacklisting it? It use to work fine... I have even tried blacklisting all modules related to nouveau

button video mxm_wmi i2c_algo_bit drm_kms_helper ttm drm i2c_core

but nouveau still loads........

(yes, i have also reloaded mkinitcpio -p linux after configuration) nothing

the only thing i can think of is to go into my kernel gentoo style and remove any nouveau stuff and rebuild it..... but I want to see if anybody else has a better idea first...

cheers

kaddy

p.s
yes i have remerged /etc/modprobe.d/modprobe.conf.pacnew back to modprobe.conf....... not that i can see how this would affect my situation

Last edited by kaddy (2012-02-02 13:36:00)

wonder · 2012-02-02 09:07:25

works for me and nouveau is in kernel since 2.6.34.

maybe you have nouveau in initrd, check /etc/mkinitcpio.conf, MODULES

kaddy · 2012-02-02 09:14:11

hi
thanx for the quick response.... however... I already mentioned that I checked and removed nouveau from my mkinitcpio.conf file which happened to appear... it's one of the first things i checked

wonder · 2012-02-02 09:47:35

kaddy wrote:

hi
thanx for the quick response.... however... I already mentioned that I checked and removed nouveau from my mkinitcpio.conf file which happened to appear... it's one of the first things i checked

have you regenerated the initrd? mkinitcpio -p linux

kaddy · 2012-02-02 10:13:52

yes

( I also mentioned that in my post)

arunvragh · 2012-02-02 10:49:10

Maybe you have to live with blacklisting.. create a blacklist_nouveau.conf in /etc/modprobe.d and add 'blacklist nouveau' and do the same in /etc/modprobe.d/modprobe.conf.

I did it on one of my desktops to compile the nvidia driver from source.

Don't remember which kernel it was, though

wonder · 2012-02-02 11:06:12

paste dmesg, mkinitcpio.conf, lsinitcpio /boot/initramfs-linux.img and all files from /etc/modprobe.d, also fstab and bootloader configuration.(maybe the initd image is loaded from the wrong partition)

do you have inistcripts or systemd, or other stuff?

Last edited by wonder (2012-02-02 11:07:38)

kaddy · 2012-02-02 13:14:21

oh my god.... during my reply the forum logs me out automatically and I lost everything.... had to do it again.... arghhhh

@arunvragh

that is half my problem... nouveau will not blacklist

@wonder

http://pastebin.com/4LfEERuF

http://pastebin.com/WKYFJZ7d

http://pastebin.com/LBLu9Y5c

http://pastebin.com/RzjzY0dK

http://pastebin.com/q9xCquYq

I am using linux mint's grub2 bootloader to boot arch and mint... sounds possible this is causing a problem with init like you mentioned.... heres mints grub.cfg

http://pastebin.com/uEGD2Edz

Archlinux is installed on /dev/sda Linux mint is installed on /dev/sdb

while i'm waiting I have a few ideas.... but feel free to post any thoughts/ideas...........

thanx for the help!
kaddy

p.s
no initscripts or systemd stuff (that i know of...never messed with that stuff)

Last edited by kaddy (2012-02-02 13:15:35)

kaddy · 2012-02-02 13:21:07

I think I know what the problem is now.... I did not update grub2 on Linux Mint after doing an archlinux update......... therefore mint's bootloader was booting my old config

will get back to you shortly if all is working well

edit

haha

indeed that was my problem.... I should of thought of that earlier than I did.... having an off day it seems. LoL

so anyways... the moral of the story is that if you are booting from a 2nd grub bootloader... DON'T FORGET TO "update-grub" FROM THAT SYSTEM!

Slaps myself

All good now... Nvidia working fine... Nouveau is blacklisting as normal.... Thanx for the help anyways
Kudos!

kaddy

www.youtube.com/Linux4UnMe

Last edited by kaddy (2012-02-02 13:33:03)

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Cannot remove Nouveau SOLVED!!!

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